An open world survival horror game, set in a post apocalyptic, zombie infested world where the player is challenged to survive for as long as possible before inevitably dying. It take place in Knox County, which has been quarantined by the government. The player has to manage such things as hunger, tiredness, pain and mental stability to stay alive. He must scavenge for supplies to keep themselves alive for another day, while avoiding the roaming zombies

Description [en]

Project Zomboid is a zombie survival RPG for Windows, Mac and Linux.

The game is currently in alpha, and is being developed by The Indie Stone, which consists of Will Porter, Andy Hodgetts, Marina Siu-Chong, Chris Simpson, Romain Dron, Paul Ring, Kees Bekkema and Spiffo, the community raccoon. It is available to buy on Steam and the Humble Bundle Store

The game will be updated in a modular style similar to the development of Minecraft, Towns, or Kenshi. A purchase at any time guarantees updates throughout its development lifetime, and Steam keys will be issued to anyone who owns the game through an alternate service up to and possibly after its Steam release.

Wikipedia:

Project Zomboid is an open world survival horror video game in alpha stage development by independent developer The Indie Stone. The game is set in a post apocalyptic, zombie infested world where the player is challenged to survive for as long as possible before inevitably dying. It was also one of the first five games released on the alpha funding section of the gaming portal Desura.

The Indie Stone were subject to a high-profile setback within the indie gaming community following the theft of two laptops containing code for Project Zomboid. Since then Project Zomboid has appeared on Steam Early Access and continues development to this day. Project Zomboid is The Indie Stone's first commercially released game. As of May 2016, Build 34 was released as stable, and next build was in development.

Gameplay

The aim of Project Zomboid is to survive in the zombie-ridden Knox County, which has been quarantined by the government. The player has to manage such things as hunger, tiredness, pain and mental stability to stay alive. To do this, players must scavenge for supplies to keep themselves alive for another day, while avoiding the roaming zombies. The game uses the traditional Romero style slow moving zombies, though certain zombies are faster than others.

The game itself features two gameplay modes: Survival mode and sandbox. In survival mode, the player is first tasked with creating a character and then surviving as long as possible in either Muldraugh or West Point in Knox County. The sandbox mode allows players to change various gameplay mechanics of the game such as the speed and numbers of zombies inhabiting the world, and weather conditions and item availability within the world.

Additionally, the game features a set of 'challenge' scenarios, which are unique compared to the traditional gameplay of survival. This includes last stand mode, where the player must survive against either waves of zombies or a steady flow of zombies, earning cash for killing zombies that they can spend on ammunition and weapons. When creating a character the player must choose a profession, each with its own perks, and then choose the character's traits. Each trait has a points value assigned to it, either positive or negative, depending on if it is a good trait or a bad one. The player begins with 8 trait points available (if unemployed occupation is chosen), which can be used for positive or negative traits. The player needs at least 0 points to continue and play the game.

☑ Epic ExplorationExplore an isometric Muldraugh, KY, in our vast, growing map. Where will you make your stand?

☑ Learn to SurviveDevelop skills through play, while fending off depression, boredom and addictions.

☑ Modding SupportPowerful Lua mod support, and map tools that will soon be given to the community.

Planned Features

Here are some of the planned features – alongside more weapons, animations, recipes, locations, survival systems and the introduction of dogs. We like dogs. Oh, and maybe the military will turn up one day too. Who can say?

Project Zomboid will be continually updated until we achieve the feature list we set out at the start of development. The stable build can be found on Steam, but we often release Public Test Builds of upcoming updates that are downloadable by opting into what we call the ‘I Will Back Up My Save’ beta on Steam.